Parenthood Between Generations : Transforming Reproductive Cultures

Recent literature has identified modern "parenting" as an expert-led practice-one which begins with pre-pregnancy decisions, entails distinct types of intimate relationships, places intense burdens on mothers and increasingly on fathers too. Exploring within diverse historical and global contexts how men and women make-and break-relations between generations when becoming parents, this volume brings together innovative qualitative research by anthropologists, historians, and sociologists. The chapters focus tightly on inter-generational transmission and demonstrate its importance for understanding how people become parents and rear children.

• | Author: Pooley Siân, Kaveri Qureshi, Siân Pooley
• | Publisher: Berghahn Books
• | Publication Date: Apr 01, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 290 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1785331507
• | ISBN-13: 9781785331503